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jcmontx
21 days ago
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This map is not upside down
Honorary mention to one of the officials maps of Argentina
https://www.ign.gob.ar/gallery-app/mapas-escolares-202307/me...
aptitude_moo
20 days ago
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Just to clarify, it might be official but I'm argentinean and I never saw a map like this with south on top
BaardFigur
20 days ago
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Casually claiming a bunch of British territories
kulahan
20 days ago
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Easy come easy go
nurettin
20 days ago
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BOTs are a joke. Like, how is Cyprus British?
hdgvhicv
20 days ago
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Cyprus isnt. There are two sovereign base areas of Cyprus which are overseas U.K. territories, I guess similar to midway.
pac0
20 days ago
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Islas Malvinas are Argentinian.
kspacewalk2
20 days ago
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Not in these three fairly important ways: actual control, the wishes of the people who actually live there, de jure recognition by most countries. Otherwise, sure, totally and wholly Argentinian.
pac0
20 days ago
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Yeah well... thats what england used to do, invade, put their own people to live there and then ask them if they feel like beloging to the crown.
You can ask Ireland.
Attrecomet
20 days ago
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I've got another one: historically
thelibrarian
20 days ago
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Argentina has tried to prove this both by legal means and by force, and has conclusively failed at both, so I think it's well past time to give up.
xanderlewis
20 days ago
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[says who?]
phyzix5761
21 days ago
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Wow this is so cool! Thanks for sharing.
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